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Eugenio Montale

1896 - 1981

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Eugenio Montale (Italian: [euˈdʒɛːnjo monˈtaːle]; 12 October 1896 – 12 September 1981) was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator. In 1975, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 'for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions'. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugenio Montale is the 649th most popular writer (down from 544th in 2019), the 818th most popular biography from Italy (down from 682nd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Italian Writer.

Eugenio Montale was a twentieth-century Italian poet. He is most famous for his use of terza rima in his poetry.

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Among writers, Eugenio Montale ranks 649 out of 7,302. Before him are Tibor Sekelj, Anton Makarenko, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Laurence Sterne, Nestor the Chronicler, and Klaus Mann. After him are Jon Fosse, Alexander Pope, Irène Némirovsky, Jacob L. Moreno, Vicente Aleixandre, and Bruno Schulz.

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Among people born in 1896, Eugenio Montale ranks 27. Before him are Carl Ferdinand Cori, Felix Steiner, Dziga Vertov, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Howard Hawks, and A. J. Cronin. After him are Leslie Groves, Donald Winnicott, Buenaventura Durruti, Anna Anderson, Ernst Udet, and Erich Koch. Among people deceased in 1981, Eugenio Montale ranks 23. Before him are William Holden, Marcel Breuer, Max Delbrück, Karl Böhm, Natalie Wood, and A. J. Cronin. After him are René Clair, Joseph Murphy, Joe Louis, Omar Bradley, Samuel Barber, and Georges Brassens.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Eugenio Montale ranks 818 out of 5,161. Before him are Aldo Rossi (1931), Giambattista Basile (1566), Dario Argento (1940), Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751), Domenichino (1581), and Louis I of Etruria (1773). After him are William II of Sicily (1153), Pisanello (1395), Quintus Sertorius (-126), Charles Edward Stuart (1720), Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1843), and Joachim of Fiore (1135).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Eugenio Montale ranks 52. Before him are Dino Buzzati (1906), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), Aulus Gellius (123), Poliziano (1454), Gabriele Amorth (1925), and Giambattista Basile (1566). After him are Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Francesca da Rimini (1259), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Curzio Malaparte (1898), Carlo Gozzi (1720), and Pietro Metastasio (1698).

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